{"id":278,"date":"2007-07-17T16:40:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T20:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/07\/17\/mom-and-pop-vintage-motel-guide\/"},"modified":"2007-07-17T16:40:38","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T20:40:38","slug":"mom-and-pop-vintage-motel-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/07\/17\/mom-and-pop-vintage-motel-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom and Pop Vintage Motel Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/07\/6-12mungermossmotel.jpg\" title=\"6-12mungermossmotel.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/07\/6-12mungermossmotel.thumbnail.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"6-12mungermossmotel.jpg\" title=\"6-12mungermossmotel.jpg\" \/><\/a>I came across this site by accident and looked down the list of motels in my area. I realized it was actually a list of vintage motels that are still open. &#8220;Reasonable rates&#8221; sure. $39 a night or less. Will the room be awful and totally unacceptable, or will it be a blast from the past? I stayed at one not so long ago that had the coin-op vibrating bed with incredible vintage graphics on the box.<\/p>\n<p>So, next time you are planning a road trip down memory lane, or, well, trying to relive a past you may never have had the chance to experience, this site will steer you in the direction of the survivors.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motelguide.com\/\">Motel Guide.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this site by accident and looked down the list of motels in my area. I realized it was actually a list of vintage motels that are still <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/07\/17\/mom-and-pop-vintage-motel-guide\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[450,537,7,539,540,541],"tags":[183,261,409,427],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-existential-fodder","category-googie","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","category-vintage-places","tag-hotel","tag-motel","tag-travel","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-4u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":248,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/05\/10\/retro-views\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":0},"title":"Retro Views","author":"Swanky","date":"May 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No, I am not talking about Dick Cheney's philosophy, but a great website. 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